Tōbu Noda Line widening contruction views

[Sacto1985]

YouTube member azumatakeshi just posted two zenmen tenbou videos of the double-tracking project on the Tōbu Noda Line, now known as the Tōbu Urban Park Line:

 

Sakasai east to Mutsumi:

 

 

Umesato west to Shimizu-kōen, including construction of elevated tracks:

 

 

This is a pretty amazing and ambitious project, especially since much of the original right of way was designed for only a single track.

[Kabutoni]

It's indeed an ambitious project, but IIRC almost all Tobu lines (except maybe the rural Koizumi, Sanno lines etc.), have ROW for double tracking. The Noda line from Kasukabe to Unga was/is single tracked, but there is space everywhere for an extra line:

 

 

From 22:54 to about 50:00 is the section that is being upgraded atm (video from 2014 with already some upgrading in place/progress).

Edited March 20, 2018 by Kabutoni